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NEW YORK, December 1, 2014 — Novelist Eric Gamalinda introduces his new novel The Descartes Highlands (Akashic Books, 2014), a complex, multi-generational tale of one Filipino-American family, in a conversation with fellow writer Jessica Hagedorn, and actors Alexis Camins, Jennifer Betit Yen, and Ben Mandell bring scenes from the novel to life through a set of dramatic readings. (1 hr., 18 min.)

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